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According to The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report (FAO, 2012) more than 80% of the commercial fish stocks are either over- or fully exploited. Marine capture fisheries are stagnant or declining since more than a decade and fisheries are also facing economic challenges such as a rising price of oil.

Do marine capture fisheries have a future in their present form? If not, what has to change in order to still be able to extract fish from the ocean's in some decades?

This is a very general question so I'm happy about answers considering a global context. For sure somewhere there is this one fishery that is perfectly environmentally friendly, does not use fossil resources and feeds this couple of handful of people in a place no one has ever heard of.

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There was an excellent 6 part documentary by the BBC last year (The fishermans apprentice with Monty Halls) which examined the more sustainable forms of commercial fishing and the problems with current mass supply methods (including ecological damage, high waste, and consumers being unwilling to eat many species which are in good stock health)... It doesn't answer your question but I'm sure you would enjoy it given the topic of this question – rg255 Mar 18 at 14:24
This question is too speculative and more of a discussion, which does not fit the Q&A format very well. – Mad Scientist♦ Mar 19 at 9:05

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